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If your company is in financial decline, job stress is affecting your health or you've lost sight of your career goals, it may be time to dust off the résumé and go job hunting, Heather Huhman writes. "Trusting yourself is essential to successfully leaving a bad employment situation. If you truly believe you’d be happier at another company or in another position, it’s time to move on," she writes.

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You might not need to use customer relationship management software if you are just starting out, have not identified your target customers or don't have a repeatable sales process in place, writes entrepreneur Mikita Mikado. After your company has grown, you'll want to choose a CRM based on the lifetime value of your customers and the nature of your sales process. "What makes for the best CRM for a team often depends on the way you build leads and interact with customers," he writes.

There are five people who can make excellent choices for a job seeker's list of references, workplace expert Heather Huhman advises. In this blog post, she recommends including at least three from among a former employer, a colleague, a teacher, an adviser and a supervisor. "Any of these people spent enough time working with you to get a sense of your character, and probably your passions. That combination makes for a great reference," Huhman writes.

CareerBuilder says the most common mistakes made by job seekers during an interview include texting or answering the phone and acting disinterested, Heather Huhman writes. "To prove to your interviewer you truly want the job, you need to act like it. Do research ahead of time on the company and the role. Prepare to ask lots of questions and share your ideas to show you mean business," she writes.

Lie-detecting expert Pamela Meyer offers some tips and tricks for knowing when someone is telling you a whopper. The trick is to look for behaviors that could hint at dishonesty. For example, executives who use qualifying or overly positive language on earnings calls might be fibbing, research shows.

You can boost your chances of getting a job in another location by visiting that city and making face-to-face contacts with those who live and work there, Heather Huhman writes. You should have "a bucket list of companies you would like to submit your resume to and set up informational interviews with them," she writes.